Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 441 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
3. 3.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) hears only one side
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) asks good questions
8. 8.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
9. 9.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) picks the first idea (c) copies a friend (d) flips a coin
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) believes every rumour (c) spots missing facts (d) looks for reasons
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
15. 15.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to win every fight (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) listens to both sides
18. 18.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) copies what all do
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) asks good questions (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) changes mind with proof
23. 23.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) looks for reasons
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
27. 27.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) never asks why
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) ignores the facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) trusts any website
35. 35.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) hears only a friend (c) hears both sides (d) backs the louder one
36. 36.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) shares without checking (d) looks for reasons
40. 40.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False

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